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We are looking for a Financial Admin Assistant to join our team! Please email [email protected] for more information.
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Trowie Trail
As part of NCDC’s 20th birthday celebrations this year, we decided to make a Trowie Trail, with 20 trows dotted around Northmavine, starting at Mavis ...
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Growing Local Produce Show Results 2023
There was a great turn out for the 2nd produce show with over 100 entries. This year the show was held in the North Roe ...
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Bruckland Festival Success
We can hardly believe it has been nearly a month since the first Bruckland Festival. The weekend started with a redd up. The Ollaberry Youth ...
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Beetroot Chutney
A lovely, fragrant chutney which makes a great accompaniment to cheeses and meats, fabulous in sandwiches or stirred through thick Greek yoghurt to make a ...
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Kathleen Anderson – Growing up on the Croft
Kathleen Anderson tells her story of growing up on a South Collafirth croft in the 1950s and 1960s. Being brought up on the South Collafirth ...
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Carol Titcomb (Da Barn) – Learning as You Grow
Da Barn, based in Hillswick, Northmavine, is a popular horticulture and market garden, selling a wide range of bedding plants, Perennials, vegetable plants, and produce ...
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Journey from a Seed Pack to Royal Horticultural Society Classes
Louise Morris tells her story of how receiving a ‘Peerie Voar’ seed kit in 2020 stimulated her interest in growing, leading to taking courses and ...
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Nort Trow Garden: Unused Graveyard to Popular Community Garden – via the Chelsea Flower Show
The Nort Trow Community Garden, located in North Roe, is a great example of how dedicated community members can come together to create something special ...
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Growing Local Secures CSGN Workshop Funding
Growing Local is delighted to have been awarded additional funding to support our upcoming growing-themed workshops. The Scottish government-backed fund, provided by the Central Scotland ...
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Growing Local: Reflecting on 2021 Activities and Looking Forward to the New Year
As we come to the end of 2021, we look back at the “Growing Local” activities of this year, as well as what is to ...
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Shetland Kale Seed Now on Sale!
Growing Local are delighted to announce that Northmavine Community Development Company (NCDC) are now licensed seed merchants of Shetland Kale Seed! This license transfer was recently ...
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Local Maker’s Market Proves a Great Success
Last month’s ‘Local Maker’s Market’, organised by NCDC’s Growing Local Northmavine project proved to be a success with over 300 visitors throughout the afternoon. A ...
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